Garment-pattern.



No. 726,789. PATENTB-D APR. 28,1903. R. s. OLOUGHLIN & J. PTBI-RMINGHAM.

GARMENT PATTERN.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 26, 1901.

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UNIFIED STATES ATEENT FFICE.

ROBERT S. OLOUGHLIN, OF GLENS FALLS, AND JAMES F. BIRMINGHAM, OFBROOKLYN, NEW YORK; SAID OLOUGHLIN ASSIGNOR TO SAID GARMENT- PATT E R-NSPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 726,739, dated April28, 1903.

' Application filed December 26, 1901. Serial No. 87,165- (No model.)

To all whom it WMLZ/ concern:

Be it known that we, ROBERT S. OLOUGH- LIN, residing in Glens Falls,county of Warren, and JAMES F. BIRMINGHAM, residing in the city of NewYork, borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, State of New York, citizensof the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Garment- Patterns, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to garment-patterns, and has for its object theconvenient identification of the patterns not only as to their properconnection, but as to a standard measurement, such as the bust-measure,for which the pattern is intended.

The invention consists in the particular construction pointed out in theappended claim, while the description and drawings refer to a specificembodiment of our invention.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan of a portion of ajacket-pattern-namely, the sleevepattern; and Fig. 2 is a partialcross-section thereof on line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

A is the body of the sleeve portion of the pattern, all of which is madeusually of tissue-paper or of any other suitable material. The outlineof this body is of course immaterial so far as our invention isconcerned, and we have shown the sleeve portion as an example only. Thisbody A has a suitable distinguishing mark or symbol produced upon it-forinstance, the letter M. The mark is either printed upon the tissue-paperor other suitable material or, preferably, produced by perforations.This, however, we do not claim as a feature of our present invention.

Upon a suitable portion of the body A, preferably at the center thereof,we secure, as by gluing it on, a label or piece of paper or othersuitable material B, on which may be printed proper data as to thecharacter of the garment to which the patterns belong. One portion ofthis paper B is provided with a field O of a contrasting color,generally black. In this field a numeral D is produced byperforations-for instance, the numeral 34, as shown, thisnumeralindicating the size of the pattern, for instance, with referenceto the bust-measure. It will be understood, particularly by reference toFig. 2, that the perforations will expose part of the body A, and asthis is generally made white or light yellow it will be clear that thenumber D will be better visible than if the perforations were extendedentirely through the pattern that is through the body, A as well asthrough the paper or facing B. Where we speak of contrasting colors wemean that the field 0 should be of a different color or shade from thatof the body A or at least that portion which comes under the field G.

Our invention provides efficient means for quickly identifying thepattern and for keeping such patterns together as form a set andpreventing the intermixing of patterns of difierent sizes. The facingwhich carries the identifying-symbol D is permanently connected with thebody A of the pattern, and owing to the producing of the symbol D byperforations it becomes possible to print an entire set of facings forall kinds of patterns without any reference to theidentifying-symbol-that is, all such facings will be printed alike forall sizes of a pattern and the different identifying -symbols will thenbe produced separately by perforations, as required.

We claim as our invention The label B provided with a field 0distinguishable in color from the body of the label and withperforations through said field, said perforations forming a symbol orfigure visible on the said field, as specified.

ROBERT S. OLOUGHLIN. JAMES F. BIRMINGHAM.

Witnesses:

W. MARTIN J OHNSQN, R. K. POWER.

